2025-2026 Undergraduate & Graduate Catalog
Health Care Information Systems Minor
Health Care Information Systems Minor
The Health Care Information Systems minor, jointly offered by the Department of Information Sciences and Technologies in the College of Computing and the School of Interdisciplinary Health in the College of Health Professions (CHP), is open to all students and is required for students seeking the B. S. in Health Information Management offered by the CHP. This minor is designed to provide students with an introduction to ensuring the quality, accuracy, accessibility, and security of health information vital to providing quality patient care.
This minor is for those students who may wish to gain a basic understanding of the information management systems used in healthcare environments. It is intended for those students seeking computing and/or analytics careers within healthcare-related organizations. Students studying healthcare professions, business, math or statistics, and computing with an interest in the healthcare industry would be some examples of good candidates for the minor.
Requirements for a Minor in Health Care Information Systems
The minor in health care information systems requires a minimum GPA of 2.0 to be approved.
Required classes include (24 credits):
- AHS 100 - Medical Terminology (3 credits)
- AHS 110 - Introduction to Health Care (3 credits)
- CIS 231 - Problem Solving Using Spreadsheets (3 credits)
- CIS 320 - Visualization of Data and Information (3 credits)
- CIS 331 - Data Analysis Tools and Techniques (3 credits)
- CIS 340 - Health Care Information Systems (3 credits)
- CIS 358 - Information Assurance (3 credits)
- HIM 310 - Functional and Administrative Practices in Health Information Management (3 credits)
Select one programming course (3 or 4 credits):
- CIS 160 - Learn to Code in Python (3 credits)
- CIS 161 - Computing for Data Science Applications I (3 credits)
- CIS 162 - Computer Science I (4 credits)
Select one database course (3 credits):
- CIS 233 - Concepts of Database Systems (3 credits)
- CIS 333 - Database Management and Implementation (3 credits)
- CIS 353 - Database (3 credits)
- CIS 360 - Information Management and Science (3 credits)
The minor requires a total of either 30 or 31 credits, depending upon which programming course the student chooses to take. 24 credits plus either a 3- or 4-credit programming course and a 3-credit database course.